Cathy Adkins is Associate Professor of Music and Dean of General Studies at Mars Hill University. She received a B.M. in Organ Performance from UNC-Greensboro and the M.M. in Organ Performance from The University of Michigan. Additionally, Ms. Adkins has completed all course work for the D.M.A. in Organ Performance at The University of Michigan and the Ph.D. in Music Education at UNC-Greensboro.

Professor Adkins serves as University Organist, teaches courses in music history and general studies, accompanies The University Choir and Chamber Singers, and performs as a solo organist on a regular basis. She has been deeply committed to and involved in general studies at MHU for many years, with a special focus on learner-centered teaching, interdisciplinary course content, and integration of the arts. She has taught courses centered on ethics, creativity, civic life, and faith and reason, and regularly makes presentations on the interpretation of music and art as “texts” that stand alongside written texts as expressions of human experience, thought and culture.